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Romantic love story of Russian physician Gusev and Japanese woman Keiko takes place in time of fighting of Russian and Japanese scientists against poliomyelitis epidemic broken out in Japan in 1959.

Top Cast

  • Leonid Filatov

    Leonid Filatov

    Gusev

  • Komaki Kurihara

    Komaki Kurihara

    Keiko

  • Oleg Tabakov

    Oleg Tabakov

    Tutunov

  • Elena Yakovleva

    Elena Yakovleva

    Tatyana

  • Goh Watanabe

    Goh Watanabe

    Ken

  • Vladimir Ilin

    Vladimir Ilin

    Medyaev

  • Andrey Kharitonov

    Andrey Kharitonov

    Igor

  • Akira Kume

    Akira Kume

    Minister

  • Taketoshi Naitō

    Taketoshi Naitō

    Director

Overview

Romantic love story of Russian physician Gusev and Japanese woman Keiko takes place in time of fighting of Russian and Japanese scientists against poliomyelitis epidemic broken out in Japan in 1959.

Rating

6.7 / 10
6 Reviews
1 Popular

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